The Fiend Scale does look a bit more ominous and intimidating. And I also see Ike trying to beat Link's record.

Perhaps there will be an "Underworld" stage, featuring the True Leader of The Underworld! Those of you who played KI:U, know just who I'm talking about.

wii u smash bros demo please.....

Scrubs, Scrubs everywhere.

Master Core: So you defeated me in 9.0 Intensity on the 3DS? You have yet to face me in my Absolute True Form on the Wii U!

WOAH COOL

looks awesome, i love how it foreshadows Master Core. hypeeeee

All dat cash...(Obviously, oblivious to the darkness of the Underworld)

Man, what a bunch'a jokers.

At least let us use a hammer this time. Why do you people seem bound and determined to force us to do challenges that aren't fun?

I feel so intimidated already when I first saw this kind of classic mode, but when the intensity level's up to 9... x_x

I'v beaten the intensity 9 using Sulk! :D

It's the small details that make a great game.

Sakurai, my love man, we Whoolly World is an unreleased gem and it gets a stage. However, A Link Between Worlds is nowhere to be found as a stage in the 3ds version. I hope it is in the final game or as DLC because it deserves the love as A Link to the Past never got a stage in Smash. Same for Mario 3. PLEASE. IT IS THE ULTIMATE. oh and Dixie Kong as DLC which I hope you're working on.

I would give all my bones to play this already.

completely awesome!

Ooh, spooky! You should have picked this for the Halloween PotD. I haven't been this scared since I saw the roster with Duck Hunt instead of Krystal and was convinced everyone at Nintendo had suffered some kind of severe head trauma simultaneously!

The last setting looks like Subspace... These little call-backs are a part of why I love Nintendo games.

Hell isn't enough to stop them!

with sonic and megaman paired up in the picture, it's like Worlds Collide 2: Smash Bros! Link is one of the fighters i got close to beating 9.0. it will be done on one of them!

If I found SSB3DS' classic mode's difficulty scale image for 9.0 creepy then SSBU's must be even creepier... You've done a good job on giving the new players some apprehension about raising the difficulty levels...I LIKE IT!

I seriously doubt I will beat 9 intensity with any fighter.

RPH1: You might have a better chance using co-op this time around.

I still haven't beat Classic 9.0 on the 3DS version. The highest I've done is 8.0.

Woah

9.0 BRING IT OOOOOOONNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! I BEATEN YOU IN THE 3DS, NOW I'LL BEAT YOU AGAIN IN THE WII U!!!!!!!!

Hehehe....How Ominous...I love it :3

I wonder if Sakurai can actually beat classic on 9.0? Probably, because he made the game.

Oh man that's so much in such a small detail!!! Awesome job sakurai and team!!! I never would have thought of that!!!!! It looks amazing!!

Holy moly, that looks awesome! Forget a swirling vortex of destruction and a chest so full that its perpetually spilling it contents, a gargantuan pileup of gold and chests at the very pits of Hades beats it! Wow, this is the BEST thing I've seen of SSB4 Wii U visually ever! This'll look great when I see it on my TV for the first time!

Something is telling me there is something past 9.0. Either Master Fortress is on 9.0 on this version, or that there is a possible difficulty past 9.0. Something like 9.1+ or even 10.0.

Gee that looks /intense/, Mr Sakurai. I finally got to post a bad pun in the PotD. :D

Cant wait!!! Totally AWSOME!!!!!

deep in the underworld... MEDUSA CONFIRMED! :b

i hope that we get the more info about the master fortress

Such attention to detail! I don't know if I will be doing level 9.0 intensity (not for a while at least) but it really looks epic!

Hey Sakurai! You`re the best :D

Link: ♪I'm on a highway to hell!♪

Looks like an idea for a drawing once the game comes out.

Liking this a lot! Can't wait to play Classic on the Wii U!

The Classic Mode field at level 9 is Ridley.

Thanks.

I can't wait to go into it and continuously move the intensity slider back and forth to mess around with the animations!

Nooo I must do it again!

All your trophies are belong to me.

I feel so intimidated enough already when I first saw this kind of classic mode... *_*

Beat Nothing Harder! with Link? That's impressive!

Only Ike is capable of clearing 9.0 Difficulty! Does he fight For Fun? For Glory? No. ...For Friends!!!

So much gorgeous in this game.

Alright, bring it on! I can take it!! (You know, with only a few select characters and after my third try..)

Oh my god, that is not only Donald Trump rich, that is Scrooge McDuck rich!!! LOL

Link and Ike are my mains!

is this game coming out on the 29th of nov for australia

The Underworld? Still got Kid Icarus on the brain, don'tcha Sakurai?

W-wow… and I was thinking that the 3DS had better backgrounds when looking at the direct… This 9.0 is awesome. Just, awesome. (Although the world shown on the 3DS, tearing apart as you raise the intensity higher from 8.0, is still pretty cool)

I'll always have it on intensity 9.0.

Two player classic! genius

Could you use amiibos as a second playable character.

That HD though! oh snap

Ike fights for his friends! Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and Master Core will get no sympathy from him!

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE PUTTING MEGA MAN AND SONIC TOGETHER!!!

sweet

The blue bomber and the blue blur!

now... I want this o_o

Ike can take 'em.

This is not classic mode, you can't change the entirety of a game mode and use the same name. With no Adventure modes, all I wanted was a real classic mode.. an arcade tier of opponents and a boss. Now I don't even have that.

Nothing harder than playing Nothing harder blind folded

Out done yourself sakurai once agian thankyou

Me and my friend are going to have fun with this...

"MOAR KID ICARUS MECHANICS" -Sakurai

That ghost looks like a Mutated Haunter. Still pretty awesome though.

That's the difficulty I'm going for w/ all characters including Peach and Jigglypuff! ;D

Whoo, hot down there...

This is going to get rough. Bring it on.

This PotD reached like 75 posts in 10 minutes. It's obvious how many people stay up for the PotD and how many catch it when they catch it.

i dont get damaged at all on the hardest intensity

DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO

?!?!!????!

Sakurai if you keep out doing yourself well all burst cause of you awesome post

No challenge is too great for the Blue Blur and the Blue Bomber! Sonic & Mega Man FTW!!

Looks like the Chaos Vortex from KiU with mountains of gold and a giant demon.

I'm sure I'll understand it once I start playing.

i wonder what mewtwo is going to be like

the background reminds me of sub space from brawl

not rally

blue blur and blue bomber = the unstoppable blue team

I actually find Level 1 to be the hardest. Scrubs always get lucky.

If I fall in the Underworld when i add coins to the enemy side(Intensity 2.1-9.0), will i raise to the Heavens if I add gold to MY side(Intensity 0.0-2.0)